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The Captive

Play trailer Poster for The Captive R,  2014,  1h 52m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 28% 53 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
28% Tomatometer 53 Reviews 35% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Eight years after a child disappeared without a trace, detectives find disturbing clues that indicate that the girl is still alive.
The Captive

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Wan and lugubrious, The Captive represents another atmospheric, beautifully filmed misfire from director Atom Egoyan.

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Stephen Romei The Australian Dec 19, 2014
3/5
Egoyan skilfully brings these story-lines together as the film builds to its disconcerting conclusion. Go to Full Review
Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 19, 2014
1.5/4
For all its problems, The Captive does try to hit the themes that have obsessed Egoyan for three decades: desire, death, memory, and time. Go to Full Review
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Dec 18, 2014
Becomes baroque and ludicrous as the Hitchcockian scenario loses its psychological bearings in a web of trashy plot twists and self-conscious jumps in time. Go to Full Review
Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Jun 22, 2023
1/5
Despite significant resources and a well-known cast, this accumulation of perversions, script whims, and ridiculous situations result in a monstrosity: cold, artificial, clumsy, manipulative, and, ultimately, hollow and banal. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Feb 2, 2021
2/5
An interesting enough premise, but in an effort to differentiate itself from a score of similarly themed police procedurals, it makes a few wrong turns. Go to Full Review
Alex Heeney Seventh Row Aug 15, 2017
[Atom] Egoyan frames each shot so precisely so that we're always aware of what we're not seeing, creating suspense as things are revealed. Go to Full Review
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Atom Egoyan

Director

Ryan Reynolds

Matthew

Rosario Dawson

Nicole

Mireille Enos

Tina

Scott Speedman

Jeffrey

Kevin Durand

Mika

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Synopsis Eight years after a child disappeared without a trace, detectives find disturbing clues that indicate that the girl is still alive.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Producer
Atom Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss, Stephen Traynor
Screenwriter
Atom Egoyan, David Fraser
Distributor
A24
Production Co
Ego Film Arts
Rating
R (Some Violence|Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 12, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 27, 2015
Runtime
1h 52m
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